Cyathula achyranthoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Cyathula achyranthoides (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 326. (1849)

Basionym
- Desmochaeta achyranthoides Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 210. (1818)
  - Type: Colombia: Crescit in ripa fluvii Magdalenae prope Mompox, locis calidis. 1801-04, Bonpland, A.J.A. #1507. Isotype: P P00136029. Syntype: P00670028.
Homotypic
- Cyathula prostrata var. achyranthoides (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 542. (1891)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Desmochaeta densiflora Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 211. (1818)
  - Type: Colombia: Rio Magdalena, Mompox [Nov. gen. sp. : Crescit in ripa fluvii Magdalenae prope Mompox, locis calidis]. Bonpland A.J.A., F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, #1507. Holotype: P00670029, Isotype: P00136028.
- Pupalia densiflora (Kunth) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 2(1): 61, t. 156, 158. (1826)
- Cyathula achyranthoides var. densiflora (Kunth) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 327. (1849)
- Achyranthes geminata Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 138. (1827)
- Cyathula geminata (Thonn.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 330. (1849)
- Cyathula achyranthoides var. glabrescens Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 327. (1849)
- Achyranthes hirtiflora A.Rich., Hist. Fis. Cuba 11: 175. (1850)
- Achyranthes uncinata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 554. (1819), nom. inval. in syn.
- Desmochaeta uncinata Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 554. (1819)

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, ?Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is. (Bioko), D.R.Congo (Zaire)
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - S-Chad, South Sudan
- East Tropical Africa
  - N-Tanzania, Uganda
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

Introduced in South and Middle America

Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 326
Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 210

Hassler, M. 2019. Cyathula achyranthoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cyathula achyranthoides. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 18 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cyathula achyranthoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cyathula achyranthoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jul. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyathula achyranthoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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